OVER CO-OPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND VIET NAM IN THE DEFENSE AREA HANOI, 1 March. / RIA "Nowosti" correspondent Marianna Schatichina /. " Russia and Viet Nam will strengthen, are called her co-operation in the area of the defense in the interest of the security of the two states " it in a declaration over strategic partnership between Russia and Viet Nam, which was signed today in Hanoi by the presidents of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and tran Duc Luong. This co-operation is not directed, in the document is underlined against third countries. Russia and Viet Nam go out in their relations with the existing contract over co-operation. They explain the necessity for the search for ways to the development of economic and political co-operation, are called it in the declaration.